Mustad Fly Tying
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With all the fly patterns available, what did you come with on your own that catches fish?
Mine is "Mr. Moose"
Size 12/14 standard Mustad wet fly hook + gold bead head
Body: black or brown mohair yarn
Tail: black or brown goose biots
Collar: peacock herl
Legs: 3 strands moose hair on each side
Thread: brown or black
Place bead on hook, wrap thread underbody, attach biots,
then mohair yarn, wrap body with yarn 3/4 up the hook shank, tie off. Wrap collar w/ peacock herl, tie off. Attach 3 strands
of moose hair on one side, tie in, trim, tie off, then do the other side. trim hair flush w/ herl, trim hair to 3/4 body legnth
Works well as a smaller stonefly nymph or for general prospecting.
Sadly it hasn't got a name yet and I'm still improving its design along with others(the great thing about fly tying) but its simply a lure best fished on an intermediate line with a slow figure of 8 retrieve, Ive found it fishes best on 8lb Rio fluorocarbon, firstly a size 8 mustad long shank hook, then a quick base whipping with black thread, all strengths works, then its simply a white marabou and yellow marabou mix to form a short tail, then its dubbed with Krystal flash either lime green or coral, finish by adding lead dumbbell eyes(orange color) and whip finishing, also tried it with a hackle but it didn't work so well, i like to add a few strands of silver holographic tinsel in the tail, good choice of mustad hooks, i never use anything other when it comes to fly tying, i might try a gold bead head instead of the dumbbells sometime. Finnish the head with a coat of epoxy, its accounted for 6 good sized trout lately so it must be doing something right.
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